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China Jails Blogger for ‘Smearing’ Soldiers Killed in Clash with India at Galwan NEW DELHI China has jailed a popular blogger for “smearing martyrs” killed in last year’s bloody clash with Indian soldiers in Galwan. Qiu Ziming, 38, an internet celebrity with 2.5 million followers on the Chinese social media platform Weibo was sentenced to eight months in jail under China’s freshly amended criminal law that crackdowns on the “online humiliation or insults against” martyrs, reported Global Times, the Chinese state-run media. A court in Nanjing, in eastern China’s Jiangsu Province, also ordered Ziming, known by the internet name of “Labixiaoqiu” to publicly apologize through national media to eliminate what the Global Times called “negative impact.” ....
NEW DELHI: : Eight months after the savage Galwan Valley clash, China on Friday finally admitted that People’s Liberation Army soldiers had been killed in the hand-to-hand fighting that had resulted in death of 20 Indian soldiers. The Chinese apex Central Military Commission (CMC) awarded posthumous honorary title and first class merit citation to four PLA soldiers, acknowledging casualties that various reports have put as much higher. Estimates, based on observation of movements on the Chinese side, have put the toll as high as 45. A colonel, who led the troops and was seriously injured, was also conferred with honorary title, according to the CMC, which is headed by President Xi Jinping. There was no confirmation of the Chinese toll for months after the June 15 clash even as India declared its casualties promptly, with last rites of the dead attended by large numbers of people. Social media was also abuzz with a video, purportedly of the Galwan area, that was put out ....